Soccer-Arsenal owner, CEO apologised to team for Super League fiasco - Arteta


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal v Fulham - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - April 18, 2021 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta Pool via REUTERS/Julian Finney

(Reuters) - Arsenal's owners and the club's chief executive have apologised to the players for any disruptions caused by the club's involvement in the botched breakaway attempt to form a European Super League, manager Mikel Arteta said on Thursday.

Arsenal were among six Premier League clubs who signed up for the Super League project before withdrawing amid what Arteta described as a "big tsunami" of protest that killed the plan involving 12 of Europe's top clubs as founder members.

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